Zhur

Zhur
Village
Zhur
Location in Kosovo
Coordinates: 42°10′1″N 20°36′47″E / 42.16694°N 20.61306°E / 42.16694; 20.61306
Country Kosovo
Municipality Prizren Municipality
Population (2011)
 • Total 5,909
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Zhur (or Zhuri, serbian: Жур/Žur) is a village in Prizren Municipality in southwest Kosovo[a].

History

After the Kingdom of Serbia conquered Kosovo in the first Balkan War (1912) Serbia arranged a Military Administration named Žur. The municipality was part of the Srez (serb. Šar) of the Okrug Prizren. This administrative subdivision lastet till January 6, 1929, after the area was made part of the Vardar Banovina in the Kingdom Yugoslavia.[1]

Geography

Zhur is located in southwestern Kosovo, five kilometer east of Morina in Albania and eight Kilometers west of Prizren. Neighbouring villages are Shkoza in the west, Poslishta and Billusha in the east. The mountain landscape of the Koritnik starts south of the village.

The M-25 goes directly through the village and the R7 passes north of the village.

Climate

Climate data for Zhur/Žur (1982-2012)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C 3.4 6.4 11.6 16.4 21.8 25.5 27.9 28 24.1 17.3 9.9 4.9 16.5
Average low °C −2.8 −0.6 2.4 6.2 10.3 13.8 15.4 15.1 11.8 7.4 3.1 −0.8 6.8
Average rainfall mm 83 73 72 74 81 55 49 47 68 86 108 98 894
Average high °F 38.1 43.5 52.9 61.5 71.2 77.9 82.2 82 75.4 63.1 49.8 40.8 61.7
Average low °F 27 30.9 36.3 43.2 50.5 56.8 59.7 59.2 53.2 45.3 37.6 30.6 44.2
Average rainfall inches 3.27 2.87 2.83 2.91 3.19 2.17 1.93 1.85 2.68 3.39 4.25 3.86 35.2
Source: [2]

Population

Development[3][4]
YearPopulation
19191304
19481926
19532019
19612348
19713214
19814353
19915230
20115909

Zhur is the biggest Village in Kosovo with a population of 5,909. Of these, 5,897 are Albanians and six Bosniaks.[5]

Religion

5,903 are Muslims, one Catholic and one had a different religion.[6]

Notes

a.   ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References

  1. ↑ Agimi. "Ndarja administrative në Qarkun e Prizrenit - në vitin 1919". Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Klima & Wetter in Zhur". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ndarja Administrative ne Qarkun e Prizrenit - ne Vitin 1919". Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ Tim Bespyatov. "Kosovo Census". Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Popullsia e komunës së Prizrenit sipas vendbanimit, gjinisë dhe etnicitetit 2011" (in Albanian). Statistikagentur des Kosovo. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  6. ↑ Tim Bespyatov. "Religious composition of Kosovo 2011". Retrieved May 24, 2017.

Coordinates: 42°9′50″N 20°37′16″E / 42.16389°N 20.62111°E / 42.16389; 20.62111

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